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enWhen battered people took on the pesticide industryhttp://www.cseindia.org/content/when-battered-people-took-pesticide-industry
<p>Today, I want to tell you a true story of extraordinary courage. The past week, I was in Kasaragod, a district in Kerala, splendid in beauty and with abundant natural resources, but destroyed by the toxic chemical, endosulfan. The pesticide was aerially sprayed over cashew plantations, for some 20 years, in complete disregard of the fact that there is no demarcation between plantations and human habitation in this area. It is also a high rainfall region and so, the sprayed pesticide leached into the ground and flowed downstream.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cseindia.org/content/when-battered-people-took-pesticide-industry" target="_blank">read more</a></p>BlogsAnil AgarwalCashew NutCompensationCourtCSEEndosulfanGenetic DisordersHealth EffectsKasaragod (D)KeralaLand PollutionPadre VillagePesticide IndustryPesticide ResiduesPesticide UsePesticides And ToxinsSunita NarainWater PollutionWed, 01 Aug 2012 14:15:36 +0000Sunita Narain4412 at http://www.cseindia.org